1 Prof. Jones: Right, let's get started. Measure out a grid of five yard squares with this yardstick.
2 Minnesota Jones: I once measured the length of Britain from Land's End to John o' Groats with a yardstick.
3 Minnesota Jones: Laid it end to end the whole way.
3 Monty: Wow. Do you still have the yardstick?
4 Minnesota Jones: I gave it to Queen Victoria and it's now kept in the Tower of London. It is after all the rightful ruler of all Britain.

By the way... I kind of hope someone at Wikipedia is scratching their head over my recent search history. Having just queued up the past dozen strips in a row, my browser history looks something like this: